Combined jug-holding device and shipping-case



Patented Jan. 29, 1889.v

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

NORRTS S. CHANDLER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSJUIII'USETTS.

COMBINED JUG-HOLDING DEVICE AND SHIPPING-CSE SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,984, dated January 29, 1889.

Application tiled March 9, 1888. Serial No. 266,782. KNO model.)

To all who/1t z 71mg/ concer/t:

Be it known that I, NoRRIs s. CHANDLER, of. Springiield, Hampden county, Massachusetts, have invented a new and usci'ul Improvement in ("ombin ed .Ing-Holding Devices and Shippiiig-Cases, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relalesto a class ot' devices which are adapted to serve the purpose ot' a shipping-case i'or jugs, and by a shifting of the arrangements of the parts to serve the purpose oi' a tilting rack for holding the jug in such a 'ay that the contents may be einptied without li t'ting the vessel from the ground, all 0f which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whicli- Figure l is a side view ol' the device used as a tilting rack, showing the jug in position. Fig. is a perspective view with the jug removed. Fig. is a side view of the device, showing its application as a shipping-case, with the jug in position.

In Fig. l is seen my device substai'uially as set forth in my Letters Patent, No. 370,607, dated September 27,1887, except that I have herein improved my rack by extending the front iron, C, upward, and bending the same toward the neck of the jug for the purpose of holding the jug from slipping out when tilted down.

My said device is brieiiy described as follows: The tilting rack in which the jug rests is composed of the angular irons f: and d, which cross each other at the base and are bolted together at the junction. Connected with the longer upward projecting end of strip c is a bent strip, e, preferably also of iron, which is bolted to said strips c and d, as shown. This strip e maybe angular or semicircular, to lit ajug, as shown. The rear end of strip c is bent upward to form the step shown, as 7L, which is perforated for the insertion of a bolt, q. Angular strip d is pivoted at or near its upper en ds (in the position shown in Fig. l) to the standards a, and upon these pivots a the frame can swing freely and be inverted to occupy the position shown in Fig. 3. The standards a areV connected by a wooden cross-piece, b, belowwhich is the bottom board, 0, as shown. 7i'. is a connecting rod or strip perforated at each end and adapted lobe used, as shown in Fig. J, wherein the `frame above described is represented as inverted and embracing a jug resting upon the cross-piece b. Circular strip g `is bolted. to the standards a below the rack when in the position there showii, and consequently does not interfere with the swinging ot' the jug forward when the device used as a tilting rack; but when the device used as a shippingcase, as shown in Fig. S, the jug is'placed within this band and rests upon the crosspiece b, and is thereby held in. position.

Clamping-rod 7o is adapted to engage the an-` guiar hookj and be bolted to step 7lv by bolt q, as shown in Fig. S, and when it is thus used the rack is held from swinging and the jug is made fast in its position. Aly removing the strip 7u the jug is easily taken from the rack, as will be readily seen.

In Fig. 3 I have shown an arrangement ot staves s by which the inclosed vessel or jug is still further protected. These staves, prei'- erably narrow strips of wood, are projected or slipped between the jug and the circular iron g and bent iron e and at the top tied together with a cord, p, or otheiwvise secured. By actual use I have :toun d that this arrangement affords almost as complete a protection for a jug as a tight box. The staves are readily removed, and ot' course may be used any number of times.

l have sometimes used upon the crosspiece l a cushion of packing-paper, as also around the jug next to the staves, when extra precaution is required. It will be seen that when the rack is reversed the angular irons c and d at the junction rest or bear against the stopple of the bottle. Since, however, there may be some variation. in the size of bottles, or thickness of the padding or cushions at the bottom of the vessel, l have projected through those strips c and d, at the junction, a screw, (shown as n in Fig. 3,) which may be run down until it engages the stopple. Generally, however, the jugs are of such uniform size that the screw may be dispensed with.

Having now fully described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a j rig-holding device, the combination, with the siipporting-frame, of a pivoted tilt IOO ing rack composed, as shown, of angular Virons c and d, bolted to cach other and connected by means of bent piece e, and the angular piece c, having its uppermost end bent in to conform to the shape of the jug, substantially as described.

2. In a jug-holding device and shippingcase, the combination, with the base and standards ce, ot' a reversible tilting rack pivoted thereto and a coupling means connecting the inverted rack and the base, wherebT the jug-holding device beconies a shippingcase, substantially as described.

3. In a tilting rack and shipping-case, the combination, with the supporting-fraine, of a bed-piece, a reversible rack adapted when reversed to contain a jugresting upon said bedpiece, and a coupling means connecting the frame and rack, substantially as described.

4. In a reversible rack and shippingcase,

the combination, with the 'frame and a tilting rack pivoted thereto, of coupling-rod Lf, engaging said frame and rack and holding the rack in a reversed position, substantially as described.

5. In a tilting rack and shipping-case, the combination, with the frame and rack pivoted thereto, of bent strip g, adapted to hold the jug in position when the device is used as a shipping-case, substantially as described.

(i. In a tilting rack and shipping-case, the combination, with a supporting-frame, of a rack pivoted thereto, provided in its base with screw n, for engaging the stopple or uppermost part of the Vessel When the rack is inverted, substantially as described.

7. In a tilting rack and shipping-case, the combination, with the base and standards,

the tilting rack, and bent strip secured to the standards adapted to inclose the jug when the device is used as a shipping-case, of staves arranged between the jug and holder, together with means for securing the staves in place, substantially as described.

NORRIS S. CHANDLER.

Witnesses:

. J AMES E. DUNLEVOY,

C. W. MERRITT. 

